iuas;dlgja;lsdjgasldjgsaf i think i'm calling it quits on this whole job... i can't get the stupid axle/hub bolt to break at all on any hub This saddens me i was looking forward to becoming a man by doing this myself haha. Oh well, new rotors and pads in rear, new rotors in front and new cabin air filter out of the whole thing.

 

You need a good breaker bar and a iron/steel pipe to put over it to get some good leverage. You need a torque wrench to put the bolt back. Do not use the torque wrench to loosen it.

If you want to get a torque wrench then you want a Precision Instruments PREC3FR250F. I got mine from Tooltopia.

 

i tried everything its not going anywhere looks like im paying 1000 for a shop to do it

 

Swing by a shop and give the guy $10 to break the bolts free and then tighten them back so you can drive it home. Places have done that for me.

 

Yeah same here, I could get the fronts, but not the backs no matter what I tried, they can torch them probably or have some pretty strong impact wrenches, both of which I dont have.

 

sorry for bringing up an old thread, but is there a way to get the sensor out or the A-Arm/hub assembly? Im taking the hub off to get the wheel bearing done, and cant seem to get the sensor through

 

You can unplug it from underneath the rear seat cushion, feed it down through the body grommet, and take the whole assembly with the sensor still in, to whoever is doing the replacement. Leaving the sensor in the hub is fine - it won't be in the way of the press. If you're doing the front, it plugs in behind the fender liner and can be disconnected there.

 

As far as the rear sensor goes, unplugging it from beneath the rear seat and feeding the wire out is a good option, especially if you are pressing a bearing. Tapping the sensor out with a socket was a joke, I couldn't come close to budging it. I was able to put my ball joint separator on it with a 12mm socket against the sensor face to push it out. It still took quite a bit of pressure, but apparently it is working just fine after reinserting the sensor. I am going to use this procedure from now on, it has been the easiest removal out of the 6 bearing jobs I have done on my car.

 

Not sure why you need to remove the abs sensor for control arms, or anything else except sensor failure. leave it in the wheel bearing housing side, because the sensor won't come through the wheel bearing housing anyway. Actually, in my experience you only have to remove it to replace it. Remove the wheel well grommet and pull the connections through, unclip them both, and that end will pull through the wheel bearing housing. Last wheel bearing replacement I did I just unclipped both and left them in the housing and took the housing to the shop with my new bearing. I really can't think of any reason to even pull them out of the hole unless they have failed.